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2 weeks ago | lookouteugene-springfield.com | Ben Botkin

QuickTake: Dave Baden, Oregon State Hospital’s new interim superintendent, promised to work quickly to make changes and restore accountability in a nearly one-hour recorded town hall meeting with hospital staffers. Oregon State Hospital’s new interim superintendent, Dave Baden, has promised to move quickly to come up with a plan for Gov. Tina Kotek in the wake of a patient’s March death in the psychiatric facility.

3 weeks ago | lookouteugene-springfield.com | Vanessa Salvia

Quick Take: Market of Choice, with 11 stores around the state, is promoting Northwest makers with its new private label line Craft & Kitchen. Each Oregon maker either got their start with Market of Choice as the first company to carry them or is involved in its MOJO program to support entrepreneurs. Market of Choice launched a new line of private-label products, dubbed Craft & Kitchen, featuring unique recipes co-created with Oregon makers.

3 weeks ago | lookouteugene-springfield.com | Mike Mcinally

QuickTake: Seven candidates are in the hunt for four seats on the Lane Community College Board of Education in the May 20 election. Winners will join a board that appears deadlocked, if not fractured. At least two new members — and as many as four — will join the Lane Community College Board of Education after the May 20 election, and they’ll be joining a body that appears to be deadlocked, if not fractured.

3 weeks ago | lookouteugene-springfield.com | Ben Botkin

QuickTake: Lane County commissioners have voted 3-2 to support a statement that reaffirms the county’s support for immigrants and the transgender community. With a 3-2 vote, Lane County commissioners Tuesday passed a statement that reaffirms the county’s support for transgender community members and upholds the Oregon Sanctuary Promise Act.

3 weeks ago | lookouteugene-springfield.com | Ben Botkin

QuickTake: Gov. Tina Kotek is urging Oregon businesses to take a state survey about the impact of tariffs — and in the meantime is working to keep relationships between the state and Canada on an even keel. Gov. Tina Kotek is looking for ways to help the state weather an economic storm of tariffs from the Trump administration — and keep Oregon on friendly terms with Canada.